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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI

JACKSON DIVISION

MISSISSIPPI STATE CONFERENCE OF THE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, THOMAS PLAINTIFFSPLUNKETT, ROD WOULLARD, AND HOLLIS

WATKINS, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND

ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED

VS. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:11CV159TSL-EGJ-LG-MTP

HALEY BARBOUR, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY

AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,JIM HOOD, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY ASATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF

MISSISSIPPI, AND DELBERT HOSEMANN, IN HISOFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, AS MEMBERS OF

THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION DEFENDANTSCOMMISSIONERS; THE MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN

PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; THE

MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC PARTY EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE; AND CONNIE COCHRAN, IN HER

OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE

HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI BOARD OFELECTION COMMISSIONERS, ON BEHALF OF

HERSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED DEFENDANTSAND

APPORTIONMENT AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE

OF THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERVENORS

ORDER AND NOTICE

It is hereby ordered that the separate motions to intervene

filed by the Mississippi State Senate Democratic Caucus and State

Democratic Senators in their Individual Capacities, and by Terry

C. Burton are granted, for essentially the reasons set forth by

Judge Carlton Reeves in his April 1, 2011 order granting the

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motion to intervene filed by the Mississippi House of

Representatives Apportionment and Elections Committee.

Further, the parties are hereby given notice that at 9:30

a.m. on Friday, April 22, 2011, a status conference will be held

before the three-judge panel in Judge Lees courtroom. The

parties should be prepared to discuss all matters relating to this

case, including:

(1) the factual background;

(2) the constitutional issues presented;

(3) the specific remedy that the plaintiffs seek;

(4) whether the case is ripe for decision, see Miss. Const.

Art. 13, 254;

(5) whether the respective plans adopted by the Mississippi

House of Representatives and Senate during the regular 2011

session satisfy the one person, one vote principle;

(6) the specific basis for any objections that the respective

parties have to adopting the plans adopted by the House of

Representatives and Senate during the 2011 session as the interim

remedy for the 2011 elections;

(7) the specific basis for any claims of racial

discrimination or dilution; and

(8) whether an evidentiary hearing is required and, if so,

what evidence would be presented at such hearing, and what the

respective parties would hope to establish at such hearing.

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